Infografics, a really goo resource for our CLIL Lessons.

Hello Everyone!

Today I'm going to talk about infographics. Infographics are a way of presenting infomation in a visual way. It's very useful in the classroom because it's something that catches the children's eye.

In this post you will see the infographic that I've created that is about tips for healthy eating. This is a very important information to promote healthy diet and prevent childhood obesity so I thought an infograpic would be the perfect way to present it. You can also print it in large size and put it in class so they can see it more often.

To create this infographic I've used Canva. Canva is a graphic-design tool website where you can create visual materials such as invitations, resumes, posters, ads, cards ... For all the options previously mentioned , you have many templates that you can use and modify according to your preferences, or you can also create a new one from a scratch. This is what I did because I wanted to learn how to use this tool.

Once you start creating your design there are a lot of features that you can use. There is a wide variety of photos, grids, frames, shapes, lines, illustrations and icons that you can use. Some of this elements are free but you can also see that there are a few ones that you have to pay for. One of the things that I liked the most is the large number of text fonts that it has. You have many options to create, you can choose between a great variety of font, style and color. They also have a wide variety of free backgrounds that you can use for your creations.

For me, it was the first time I created an infographic and the first time I used Canva but I will definitely continue using it because I think it is very useful and it has lots of creation options. I really liked using this tool and I encourage you all to use it and create your own materials for your CLIL lessons.

Healthy Eating Tips by Patricia Portela

See you in my next post!